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U.S. pilot wages are rising fast & Air Canada pilots seeking to keep pace

Published: 25 September 2024

In recent years, airline pilots in the U.S. have received impressive wage increases—40% at United and 34% at Delta. But the wages of Canadian pilots haven’t kept up, and the Air Line Pilots Association union has been pushing for a contract that puts Air Canada pilots’ wage increases closer to those of their American peers. The union and the airline have reached a tentative agreement of a 26% pay bump, followed by a 4% raise each of the next three years. “Wage increases have been smaller here in Canada,†said Professor Karl Moore in an interview with CBC News Network. “In Canada, settlements were reached a while ago, and the world has changed. But it’s a fair point that Air Canada pilots deserve to have a considerable increase. The agreement they’ve had for the past ten years increased wages only a couple of percentage points each year.â€

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